LansingSchoolDistrictChinese - First Year Chinese

Students are expected to be at a Novice Mid language proficiency level by the end of 1st Year:

Novice Mid language learners accuracy expectations in the four skills of language learning:
Descriptions reproduced from the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 document.

Speaking

communicate minimally by using a number of isolated words and memorized phrases limited by the particular context in which the language has been learned.
when responding to direct questions, may say only two or three words at a time or give an occasional stock answer.
pause frequently as they search for simple vocabulary or attempt to recycle their own and their interlocutor’s words.
may be understood with difficulty even by sympathetic interlocutors accustomed to dealing with non-natives.

Listening

recognize and begin to understand a number of high-frequency, highly contextualized words and phrases including aural cognates and borrowed words.
understand little more than one phrase at a time, and repetition may be required.

Reading

recognize the letters or symbols of an alphabetic or syllabic writing system or a limited number of characters in a character-based language.
identify a number of highly contextualized words and phrases including cognates and borrowed words but rarely understand material that exceeds a single phrase.
often require rereading.

Writing

reproduce from memory a modest number of words and phrases in context.
supply limited information on simple forms and documents, and other basic biographical information, such as names, numbers, and nationality.
exhibit a high degree of accuracy when writing on well-practiced, familiar topics using limited formulaic language.
have a marked decrease in accuracy with less familiar topics.
have errors in spelling or in the representation of symbols may be frequent.
have little evidence of functional writing skills.
produce writing that may be difficult to understand even by those accustomed to non-native writers.